Nepal plane crash: Bodies of all Indians onboard identified, taken back to home country
World | Jan 23, 2023, 05:46 PM ISTThe relatives left for India after receiving the bodies, one of the family members told PTI over the phone.
The relatives left for India after receiving the bodies, one of the family members told PTI over the phone.
It is worth noting that the ill-fated aircraft that took off from Kathmandu at 10:30 am crashed into the Seti river gorge, killing all four crew members and 68 passengers. One person on board the aircraft is still missing.
Nepalese authorities on Tuesday started handing over to family members the bodies of those killed, two days after Yeti Airlines' aircraft with 72 people, including five Indians, crashed in the resort city of Pokhara, as the death toll rose to 71.
At least 70 of the 72 people aboard were killed, and officials believe the two missings are also dead. Rescuers combed through the debris, scattered down a 300-meter-deep gorge, for them.
The plane crash was the first instance that such a model met with an accident in Nepal's chequered aviation history.
Nepal plane crash: The plane had crashed into a river gorge while landing at the newly-opened airport in the resort city of Pokhara, killing at least 68 people onboard.
Nepal Plane Crash: In the 1.3 minute live video on Facebook, one of them can be seen excitedly shouting "Mauj Kar Di" (it's been fun) as the camera focuses on Pokhara town below.
Nepal plane crash: The Nepal Airport Authority said t there were 53 Nepali, 5 Indians, 4 Russians, 2 Koreans, 1 Irish, 1 Argentinian, 1 Australian, and a French national on board the ill-fated flight.
Nepal plane crashes: Despite the recent growth of Nepal's air industry, which transports foreign trekkers and climbers as well as products and people to remote locations, it has a dismal safety record.
Nepal plane crash: A total of 68 passengers and four crew members were on board the aircraft that crashed between the old airport and the Pokhara International Airport, Sudarshan Bartaula, spokesperson of Yeti Airlines, said.
So far, Nepal's aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), has been issuing permits to airlines if weather conditions at the source and destination airports are okay. But, from now onwards, the en-route weather conditions of the flight will also be looked into.
The government formed a five-member commission of inquiry headed by senior aeronautical engineer Ratish Chandra Lal Suman to find out the cause of the Tara Air plane crash.
Police spokesman Manoj Neupane said Tuesday that 49 people were confirmed to have been killed and 22 injured. They were being treated in several hospitals in Nepal’s capital.
A passenger plane with 71 people, including four crew onboard crash-landed at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport on March 12 causing multiple casualties.
Kathmandu: A total of 13 bodies were found at the site where a Nepal Airlines-owned Twin Otter plane crashed Sunday, an aviation official said Monday.The 9N-ABB plane, with 18 people aboard, went missing Sunday afternoon,
Katmandu, May 16: A plane crashed while trying to land at a mountain airstrip in northern Nepal early Thursday, injuring all 21 people on board.Four of the injured are in critical condition, police officer Bhim
Kathmandu, May 14: Thirteen Indian pilgrims were among 15 persons killed today when a small plane with 21 people on board crashed in northern Nepal after hitting a hill top while attempting to land at
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